Minneapolis—New Perspective Senior Living recently announced that previous Brookdale executive Chris Hyatt has joined the company as partner, investor & COO. Company founder, Todd Novaczyk retains his position as CEO, as does Ryan Novaczyk, who remains president & CFO.

“The addition of Chris to the executive team positions us well to achieve our long-term growth objective of having 10,000 seniors ‘Living Life On Purpose’ in a New Perspective Senior Living community by 2025. His depth of industry experience will be invaluable as we bring our unique approach to aging successfully to more seniors,” Todd Novaczyk said in a statement.

In his new position, Hyatt will be responsible for the day-to-day operations of the organization. Hyatt is an accomplished and well-regarded industry operator with close to 20 years of experience helping to strategically position and build companies. Most recently Hyatt served as executive VP of operations support for Brookdale. Prior to joining Brookdale, Hyatt was executive VP & COO at Emeritus Senior Living, which merged with Brookdale in 2014. Hyatt began his senior housing career with Emeritus in 1998 and over the years held multiple senior leadership positions within the company.